Tengu Hen

[Machine Translation] While Shigubei was telling his retainers that he was ready to retire upon his return home, a red-letter from the shogun departed from Edo addressed to the Suwa family. This procession of envoys is the catalyst that links the murder of Ichinoshin, which triggered Shigebei's departure, the attack by ninjas on the head of the metsuke, and the death of Tsukamoto, a guard of Edo, to a disturbance thirty years earlier. All the mysteries are now revealed - the first part of this exciting historical novel series is now complete!

帰郷した重兵衛が重臣たちに隠居の覚悟を告げている頃、その諏訪家に向けて、将軍の御朱印状が江戸を出立した。この使いの行列が、重兵衛出奔の端緒となった市之進斬殺や、忍びによる目付頭襲撃、江戸留守居役・塚本の死などを、三十年前のある騒動に結びつける口火となる。すべての謎が、今明らかに―痛快時代小説シリーズ、第一部完結!